Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Salesforce Lightning Components

By | September 2, 2025
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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is one of the most common security vulnerabilities in web applications. It occurs when malicious scripts are injected into web pages, potentially leading to data theft, session hijacking, or unwanted UI manipulation. While Salesforce provides strong, built-in protection against such attacks, developers must also adopt secure coding practices when working with Lightning Components.

This blog will walk you through how XSS attacks can occur in Salesforce Lightning, and demonstrate secure coding techniques in Aura and Lightning Web Components (LWC) to help you prevent them.

Steps to Replicate

  1. Create a Lightning Component (Aura)
Aura Component
Aura Component

If a user enters the script as shown in the below image, the script may execute when rendered.

Script
Script

Prevention: Use lightning:formattedText or encode values before rendering.

Secure Aura Code Snippet
Secure Aura Code Snippet
  1. Example in Lightning Web Component (LWC)

HTML Code

HTML Code
HTML Code

JavaScript Code

JS Code
JS Code

Prevention: Always use {property} data binding which automatically escapes HTML in LWC.

Secure LWC Snippet (HTML)

Secure HTML Code
Secure HTML Code

Secure LWC Snippet (JavaScript)

Secure js code
Secure js code

Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Salesforce Lightning Components is crucial to maintaining application security. While Salesforce provides built-in XSS protection, developers must also follow secure coding best practices. Always validate and sanitize user input, use safe rendering methods, and apply Salesforce’s encoding mechanisms to protect against malicious scripts. By combining Salesforce security features with strong development practices, you can effectively prevent XSS vulnerabilities in Lightning Components and ensure your Salesforce org remains secure from cyber threats.

By following these detailed steps, you can effectively learn how to Prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Salesforce Lightning Components, ensuring smooth and efficient operations in Salesforce.

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